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Tropical Cyclone Eseta off Fiji

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2024-03-12 12:00:00
March 12, 2003

Tropical Cyclone Eseta is sprawled across 1,700 kilometers of the southwestern Pacific Ocean in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite on March 12, 2003. The eastern edge of the storm is draped across the island of Fiji.

The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.

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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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